Truth, generalizations, and stigmas: An analysis of the media's coverage of morris brown college and black colleges overall

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages

  Gasman, Marybeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 39349098752     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-007-9001-z     Document Type: Article

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